Victor Subervi wrote:
> What I was interested in doing was to make it impossible for root to
> login directly, but rather enable other users to login and then su to
> root. So I edited /etc/ssh/sshd_config to read:
> #PermitRootLogin no
> (It was the dir I didn't know.) It initially said "yes", but it was and
> is commented. How is it that I then and still can login directly as
> root? Is reboot necessary?
It's not going to have any effect unless you remove the # sign. You
don't need to reboot, but do a 'service sshd restart'.
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Les Mikesell
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